Out of the 64 calls of rape and 501 calls of eve-teasing after December
16, only four calls of rape were converted into FIRs; no case was
registered for eve-teasing.

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Kritika Sharma

New Delhi

January 4, 2013

UPDATED: January 4, 2013 12:09 IST

The Delhi Police are on an overdrive to make the city safer for women after the horrific gangrape. But crimes against women continue to stalk Delhi. Even after December 16 when the gangrape happened, the police have received five calls every day, on an average, from women about rape. Around 20 women, on an average, complain of eve-teasing every day. Police said they were trying their best to keep the figures as low as possible.

Out of the 64 calls of rape and 501 calls of eve-teasing after December 16, only four calls of rape were converted into FIRs; no case was registered for eve-teasing . Clearly, no lessons have been learnt by the police. Instead, they are just trying to hide the shame by not going big on registration of cases.

Ironically, on the eve of New Year when the Delhi Police claimed to have turned the Capital into a fortress, 12 calls of rape and 35 calls of eve-teasing were received by the PCR. However, not even a single case of rape was registered.

Police, on the other hand, claim they are doing their best to ensure the safety of women. "We have identified dark stretches and other areas which are prone to incidents of eve-teasing and molestation. Deployment of staff has been increased in all such areas. Districts like southwest, west and northwest, where the number of isolated stretches is more, have been identified as sensitive areas and deployment of PCR vans and personnel increased there," a police officer said.

The heavy deployment of police could not check eve-teasing and molestation even when crowds were protesting at India Gate. On Sunday, when the commotion at India Gate was at its peak, around 35 cases of eve-teasing were reported from the India Gate area. A total of 42 cases of eve-teasing were reported in Delhi that day.

On the low registration of cases, the officer said, "Cases of crime against women are highly sensitive and the registration of a case totally depends on the victim. In a number of cases, the victim herself backs out and does not want a case registered."